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It's a matter of semantics. The back side can be used for straights, but they are less than ideal and certainly inappropriate for a beginner.

I don't know. The grit may have been green or they may have added coloring to make it green just so that they could call it the Emerald. I did not know the Swatys were magnetic.

If they are in comparable condition, buy the Swaty. Because it has better name recognition, it is easier to sell if you ever have the need.

Not a problem, and I'm not the thread police anyway. Just to clarify for you, barber hones were made for razor maintenance. The hone to which you linked is a finishing hone. There is a blurry line...

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This is a thread about barber hones.

Hey, all of my hones are unique and special! The AHC made branded hones for a lot of other companies and I have used enough of them to know that there certainly was a lot of variation among them.

Hey, blame the parents, not the child. Your little bastard is a great hone!

The "Three Line Swaty" was made by the American Hone Company in Monrovia, Iowa. I don't consider it to be genuine, Austrian, or a Swaty. It is a great hone though.

I believe that this thread was begun with exactly that intent in mind.

I have two Carborundum 200 Aloxites, and both of them are smooth and similar in texture to Swatys. Perhaps I am wrong in my presumption of that being "normal" for them.

Regardless, you might...

The SRD stands for S. R. Droescher, Inc., which was an importer and retailer of razors and hones. The coincident acronym with Straight Razor Designs is confusing but I would assume it to be a simple...

For the ones you mentioned, they were made by the American Hone Company, first in Olean, NY and then in Moravia, IA. They certainly made frequent use of that side sticker but I have seen some two...

No, that is not normal. The Aloxite hone was similar in composition to the Sways. They are excellent hones. Without photos, I cannot speculate as to whether or not the hone is degrading, but if it...